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Lessons from the EU-funded SEARCH and other
projects
NWRM MEDITERRANEAN NETWORK REGIONAL WORKSHOP #2 TURIN (ITALY),
SEPTEMBER 11TH - 12TH, 2014
Ecosystem-based
adaptation approaches
Stefano Barchiesi
Project Officer
[email protected]
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Contents
• IUCN and the Ecosystem Approach
• IUCN and Ecosystem-based Adaptation
• Example from Tanzania (Environmental Flows)
• The Xerochore Project (Drought & the WFD)
• IUCN and Natural Infrastructure (Resilience)
• The SEARCH Project (Participatory Planning)
• Example from Palestine (Artificial Groundwater Recharge)
• Climate change impacts, ecosystem services & better water management
• Green Infrastructure Manual (Costing, trade-offs & optimisation)
• ‘WISE-UP to climate’ (Balanced Multifunctional Basins)
• Conclusions: some key messages
• The Regional Knowledge Network on Water (RKNOW)
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New national water
policies
New income
generation for poor
people
Multi-stakeholder
platforms empowered
Basin-level water
forums
Partnerships for
sustainable water
New transboundary
agreements
New assets for
sustainable livelihoods
Reduced vulnerability
to climate risks
Major basin financing
mobilised
Toolkits drive
innovation
IUCN Water and Nature
Initiative
2001-2008
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Making sense of the
Ecosystem Approach for water
1. What is the water-related problem, and what ecosystem services are needed to solve it?
2. What actions are needed?
3. What governance, and what agreements are needed to enable action?
4. What knowledge is needed?
5. What incentives and financing are needed?
6. Who needs to be empowered to act?
7. What capacities are needed?
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Ecosystem services are part of the solution to water problems
Improved water governance underpins action
Lack of transboundary coordination impairs action
WANI Toolkits : unpacking
EA
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WWW.IUCN.ORG/WATER/TOOLKITS
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Investment decisions support system approach implementation
Appropriate financial incentives support
ecosystem approach implementation
Empowerment enables participation
and building consensus legitimates action by actors
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WANI Toolkits : unpacking
EA
WWW.IUCN.ORG/WATER/TOOLKITS
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IUCN & Ecosystem-based
Adaptation
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Experience from Tanzania
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Ecosystems & drought
• Policy messages outlining
role of ecosystems in
drought management
relevant for
WFD implementation,
e.g. characterisation of
water bodies, monitoring
with integrated indicators
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Ecosystems, governance &
resilience
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The SEARCH Project: Participatory
Planning
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Example from Palestine
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• Artificial (managed) groundwater recharge
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Climate change impacts,
ecosystem services & better water
management
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Costing, trade-offs &
optimisation
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§§§§§§§§§§§§ ‘WISE-UP to
climate’
STEFANO BARCHIESIWATER & ENERGY, WORLD WATER WEEK 2014
Natural basin
CropsHydropower
IndustrialRegulation of
water balance
Erosion control
Climate
regulationSoil
formation
Nutrient
cycling
Recreation
CropsHydropower
IndustrialRegulation of
water balance
Erosion control
Climate
regulationSoil
formation
Nutrient
cycling
Recreation
Intensively utilized basin
CropsHydropower
IndustrialRegulation of
water balance
Erosion control
Climate
regulationSoil
formation
Nutrient
cycling
Recreation
Multifunctional “balanced” basin
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Conclusions
• Make ecosystems part of the solution
• Foster participation in decision-making
• Connect multiple scales through dialogue
• Promote learning for upscaling
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Regional Knowledge Network on Water
• Strengthening the application of systematic approaches to water resources management
• 5 countries (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco and Egypt)
• 4 themes– Water Governance
(conventional and non-conventional resources)
– Climate Change
– Water, Food and Energy
– Innovative & Sustainable Technologies
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CONTACT
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Thank you
for your
kind
attention
Stefano Barchiesi
Project Officer,
IUCN Water Programme
[email protected]
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Resources
• http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/water/resources/toolkits/
• http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/rowa/iucnwame_ourwork/iucnrowa_cc/search_2/
• http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/publications_doc/publications/?uPubsID=5009
• http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/water/wp_our_work/wise_up_to_climate/
• http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/rowa/iucnwame_ourwork/iucnrowa_cc/iucnrowa_rwkn/
• www.rknow.net
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